Show AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIST STUDIES UTAH RANGE CONDITIONS Sheep heep and cattle owners of New South Wales Australia are having tho the same difficulties difficulties- as Utah stockmen stockmen stockmen stock- stock men reports A A. A O. O Lowndes economist economist econ for Cor eight New South Wales and New Zealand books The forage Corage depletion caused by overgrazing overgrazIng overgrazIng Ing of million sheep in New South Wall closely parallels smi- smi ar loss lass of oC Co forage rage In this country Mr Lowndes who Is on a world circling trip studying range manage- manage Service office and discussed ment visited the local ocal Soil Conser- Conser range problems with members of oC the Soil Soli Con Conservation staff starr The Australian economist represents rents a bank with branches in his country and New Zealand which finances finances fin fin- In- In ances much of oC the livestock Industry Industry Indus indus- try of those tho e countries Due to the sharp decline in the capacity of oC the lands to carry large numbers of oC sheep as compared with early days hi his bank has become greatly Interested interested Inter Inter- Inter Inter-I ested In the problem of oC conservation and improvement of oC grazing lands You in are at least fifteen fifteen CIC- CIC teen years ahead of oC Australia In ag agricultural ag- ag research and I 1 have learned learn ed many e new range management management management man- man 1 tech since I arrived I lit New York City weeks ago i ald said Mr Lowndes However our ex- ex exI I teaches us that the period i of oC drouth are just as normal a con con- con 1 I as periods of oC good rain rainfall Call and that stocking docking of oC range lands must I Ibe be according I Ito to conditions As an example Because Because Be Be- cause cauce of oC forage Corage depletion one ranch I De-I In New South Wales now can carry carry carry car car- ry only head of oC sheep while it once supported head hend I |